Latest Land use Podcast Episodes
Ep 71: China’s Housing Market with Lan Deng
UCLA Housing Voice - May 15, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsWhy does the housing market seem so broken? And what can we do about it? UCLA Housing Voice tackles these questions in conversation with leading housing researchers, with each episode centered on a study and its implications for creating more affordable and accessible communities.
Encore Episode: Japanese Housing Policy with Jiro Yoshida
UCLA Housing Voice - May 01, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsFor this episode, we take a trip to Tokyo to learn from the successes and shortcomings of Japanese housing policy. Known for high rates of production — Tokyo builds five times more housing than California, per capita — and relatively affordable housing, Japan also struggles with poor maintenance...
Episode 26: Renting Has Its Rights
Dwellings - April 26, 2024 21:18 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTo learn more about Renting Has Its Rights, please visit sanjoseca.gov/rentalrights. To learn more about San José Housing Ordinances, please visit - Housing Ordinances Visit our Eviction Process Page to learn about resources and steps involved during the eviction process. Petition - Petitio...
Ep 70: Overcoming Resistance to Density with David Kaufmann and Michael Wicki
UCLA Housing Voice - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsWhat makes people more or less supportive of dense housing in their communities? David Kaufmann and Michael Wicki surveyed 12,000 residents in six of the largest U.S. and European cities to find out.
Ep 69: Low-Income Housing and 'Crowd Out' with Michael Eriksen
UCLA Housing Voice - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsSubsidized affordable housing development reduces costs for lower-income households directly. It also reduces costs indirectly, by increasing the overall supply of housing — or does it? Michael Eriksen joins to discuss the issue of “crowd out” in affordable housing production.
Urban Planning and Neurodiversity
Better Planners Podcast - March 18, 2024 14:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShelley and Mary are back for another fascinating discussion around urban planning and neurodiversity. In this episode they interview Dr. Gala Korniyenko, who received her PhD at The Ohio State University. Her research explores the nexus of urban design, neuroscience, and the planning process. M...
Pocket Park Ep 1: A RLUIPA Case in Oregon
Better Planners Podcast - March 12, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to the first Pocket Park Episode! These episodes are shorter and focus on current events, stories, studies, etc, that are happening right now in the world. In this episode, Shelley and Mary, focus on a case in Brookings, Oregon that revolves around the Religious Land Use and Institutio...
Ep 68: Summarizing the Research on Homelessness with Janey Rountree (Pathways Home pt. 8)
UCLA Housing Voice - March 06, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsIn this final installment of the Pathways Home series on homelessness policy and research, we discuss lessons and key takeaways from the previous seven episodes with our UCLA colleague, Janey Rountree.
Ep 67: How We Cut Veteran Homelessness By Half with Monica Diaz and Shawn Liu (Pathways Home pt. 7)
UCLA Housing Voice - February 21, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsSince 2009, homelessness among U.S. veterans has fallen by more than half. Among the overall population, it hasn’t budged. Monica Diaz and Shawn Liu of the Department of Veterans Affairs share some of the story behind the VA's success.
Ep 66: Chronic Homelessness and Housing First with Tim Aubry (Pathways Home pt. 6)
UCLA Housing Voice - February 07, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsThe Housing First approach starts with providing homes to chronically unhoused people, but it doesn’t stop there — and that’s what makes it so effective. Tim Aubry shares findings from a major Housing First study and the keys to a successful program.
State Housing Policy in Oregon and the 2024 Legislative Session
Better Planners Podcast - January 29, 2024 14:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome back to Better Planners podcast in 2024! We're starting the year off with a big one on state housing policy in Oregon, what to expect for the 2024 legislative session, and how planners and other allied professions can participate in the public process at the state level. We talk a lot ab...
Ep 65: Reducing Homelessness with Unconditional Cash Transfers with Jiaying Zhao (Pathways Home pt. 5)
UCLA Housing Voice - January 24, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsWhat happens when you provide unhoused people with a large sum of money? Jiaying Zhao shares the results of a study in Vancouver, BC, which include reduced shelter use, more spending on food and rent, and no increase in spending on “temptation goods” like drugs and alcohol.
Ep. 64: Ending Family Homelessness with Beth Shinn (Pathways Home pt. 4)
UCLA Housing Voice - January 10, 2024 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 83 ratings“We have the resources, as a society, to prevent and end homelessness. And the knowledge.” Beth Shinn discusses the Family Options Study, which found that long-term housing subsidies, like housing vouchers, led to much better outcomes at similar cost compared to rapid rehousing, transitional hou...
Ep. 63: Understanding Vehicular Homelessness with Madeline Brozen (Pathways Home pt. 3)
UCLA Housing Voice - December 27, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsIn Los Angeles County, unhoused people living in cars, trucks, and RVs outnumber those in tents and makeshift shelters by 50%, yet vehicular homelessness receives relatively little attention. Many cities don’t even measure or report on it — at least not yet. The Lewis Center’s Madeline Brozen jo...
Episode 25: Eviction Prevention Programs in San Jose
Dwellings - December 21, 2023 17:31 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsVisit our page to learn more about the Rent Stabilization Program Received a Notice to Vacate? Understand what they mean on ourUnderstand Eviction Procedures Eviction Help Center Sacred Heart Community Service – Rental Assistance Unlawful Detainer - If the tenant does not voluntarily move o...
Episode 24: Heading Home Program - Ending Family Homelessness
Dwellings - December 14, 2023 18:34 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsVisit the Heading Home website to learn more. Continuum of Care (COC) Santa Clara County Rapid Rehousing Bill Wilson Center – Here4You – Hotline (408)385-2400 Emergency Housing Voucher(EHV) Casitas de Esperanza Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Family Supportive Housing prioritize...
Ep 62: Who Experiences Homelessness, and Why with Margot Kushel (Pathways Home pt. 2)
UCLA Housing Voice - December 13, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsMany people think they know about the lives of people experiencing homelessness, but those perceptions are often based on anecdote. Margot Kushel, MD joins us to talk about her work on the largest representative study of homelessness since the 1990s, and what it says about who experiences homele...
Episode 23: Preparing Your Home for an Emergency
Dwellings - December 07, 2023 17:22 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPlease visit The Office of Emergency Management website to learn more. Sign up for AlertSCC For guides, alerts and more information visit CalOES.ca.gov Tips on how to prepare Ready.gov Be Prepared Be Informed Be Trained Request an Inspection Emergency Operations Center(EOC) - the City, ...
Episode 22: The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) - Tackling the Housing Crisis at a Larger Scale
Dwellings - November 30, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsImpact fees - one-time charges assessed by a local government against a new development project to help pay for new or expanded public capital facilities that will directly address the increased demand for services created by that development. Learn more about the Committee to House the Bay Ar...
Ep 61: Homelessness is a Housing Problem with Gregg Colburn (Pathways Home pt.1)
UCLA Housing Voice - November 29, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsPart one of Pathways Home, a six-part series on homelessness. Gregg Colburn, author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem, dispels myths about the causes of homelessness and identifies two key risk factors that explain why rates vary so much between cities: high rents and low vacancies.
Episode 21 - Association of Bay Area Governments(ABAG)
Dwellings - November 16, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBuilders Remedy - The builder's remedy is a mechanism in the Housing Accountability Act that prohibits any city that has not adopted a compliant housing element by the required deadline from applying its general plan and zoning standards to reject certain housing development projects. Housing ...
Episode 21: Association of Bay Area Governments(ABAG)
Dwellings - November 16, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBuilders Remedy - The builder's remedy is a mechanism in the Housing Accountability Act that prohibits any city that has not adopted a compliant housing element by the required deadline from applying its general plan and zoning standards to reject certain housing development projects. Housing ...
Encore Episode: Fair Housing with Katherine O’Regan
UCLA Housing Voice - November 15, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsThe federal government passed the Fair Housing Act more than 50 years ago. In that time considerable progress has been made at reducing discrimination in the housing market, but the law’s mandate to “affirmatively further fair housing” and reverse patterns of segregation has been only lightly en...
Encore Episdoe: Fair Housing with Katherine O’Regan
UCLA Housing Voice - November 15, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsThe federal government passed the Fair Housing Act more than 50 years ago. In that time considerable progress has been made at reducing discrimination in the housing market, but the law’s mandate to “affirmatively further fair housing” and reverse patterns of segregation has been only lightly en...
Episode 20: Ministerial Approvals
Dwellings - November 09, 2023 17:37 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTo learn more about Planning Building and Code Enforcement, please visit the City’s Planning Building and Code Enforcement home page CEQA Review SJpermits.org Learn more about the San José General Plan AB-2162 - require local entities to streamline the approval of housing projects containi...
Episode 19: The January 2023 Storm Event and Homeless Rehousing
Dwellings - November 02, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTo learn more about the HomeFirst, please visit https://www.homefirstscc.org/. To learn more about the AmericanRed Cross, please visit - https://www.redcross.org/ To learn more about the Office of Emergency Management, please visit - https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offi...
Ep 60: Housing Production and Rent Assistance Savings with Kevin Corinth
UCLA Housing Voice - November 01, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsHousing scarcity is linked to higher rents and house prices, but it’s rarely connected to the cost and reach of safety net programs — and it should be. Kevin Corinth joins to share his research on how increasing housing production in supply-constrained cities can help the government serve many m...
Ep 59: The Costs of Discretion with Paavo Monkkonen and Mike Manville
UCLA Housing Voice - October 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsDoes discretion delay development, or do deliberate decisions divert disaster? Paavo and Mike M. share new Lewis Center research comparing approval timelines for discretionary and by-right projects, and they discuss the consequences of slow and uncertain approval processes for housing production...
The Taylor Swift Transit Effect
Better Planners Podcast - September 28, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsShelley and Mary are back for another interesting episode on the the “Taylor Swift Transit Effect.” We discuss interesting stats and facts from this phenomenon, some criticisms to looking at this event as a decider on changes for transit, and finally the big question: will these concert goers co...
Ep 58: Housing Choice and Public Health with Craig Pollack, MD
UCLA Housing Voice - September 06, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsHow does the neighborhood you live in affect your health? Craig Pollack, MD, joins to discuss the relationship between neighborhood poverty and asthma symptoms, the medical establishment’s growing role in the housing sector, and how better housing policy can lead to improved public health.
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